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Taking a break between talks before it fills back up again, Emily recommends getting up on stage to take it all in. Something we welcome everyone to try at TestBash. Can you find Bug, Space Duc...

Thanks for sharing some jobs in the MoT Slack. 

Huge kudos to Ady for an amazing testing song he brought into MoT 4.0 meet up to London yesterday. Watch the video and sing with Ady. Also Ady travelled 450 miles round trip to join the meet up ...

Thanks for the continuous flow of feedback, it's very much appreciated!

We've pulled together a TestBash MoTebook (with Google Docs) to help you understand what you can expect to learn from each session at TestBash, but it's more than that! It's a tool to take notes...

Thanks for offering to help a fellow community member stay more connected to the MoTaverse via Slack: https://thetestingplanet.slack.com/archives/C06JMA88AKW/p1751486208484109?thread_ts=1751469442.899889&cid=C06JMA88AKW

Thanks for sharing lots of job adverts in the MoT Slack. 

Learn how to build a community and start a meetup from scratch

TDD: What it is & why you should care

What Legacy Code Taught Me About Humility

Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.

Thanks for spotting an incorrect link on MoTaverse Weekly. 

Thanks for your MoT onboarding experience ideas. Very cool. 

Thanks for your brilliant photo memory. We thought it would look cool in our newsletter: What's everyone else earning?

How to introduce yourself so you’ll be unforgettable (in a good way!)

Thanks for speaking at MoT Athens!

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Confessions of a testing community Ep 96

Discover hidden features, celebrate real stories, and hear how the testing community is connecting in surprising ways

In the lead up to MoT Athens, Adam and I met (and I do mean met, we had never spoken before!) on a Google Meet call where he provided some brilliant feedback on my talk and the examples I hoped to share. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to support me! 💙

Talk Nerdy to Me

Upcoming event? Here's my tips to encourage top tier networking that goes beyond the usual "who are you and what do you do?" Before you head out the door, wear something you'll WANT to be photog...

Thanks for sharing lots of helpful advice, notes and reflections in the live chat during Episode 96 of TWiT. Great to see you mention so many good folks from the community. 

Thanks for sharing a job advert in the MoT Slack. 

We've been investing and expanding our MoT Meetups over the past year. And it's really starting to show. Just today, about 600 people are gathering in real life, across the MoTaverse in 4 dif...

Simon, thank you for taking time out of the talks at SIGiST to support me and help me get to know you a little better. 💚

For being eagle-eyed and being the first community member ever (outside of MoT staff) to award a community star to someone else.

Once upon a time, I attended a Ministry of Testing event in Leeds, having no idea how large MoT were/are or the community I could unlock. Thank you for being my introduction to MoT and keeping the Leeds meetup running all these years.

Pair programming

Definitions of Pair programming

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Post TestBash Meetup at Ohso Social

Good times were had. Here with Gwen Diagram, Kat Obring, Emily O'Connor and Ady Stokes.

Mind the Gap (in your thinking) - My day at the British Computing Society in London

Mind the Gap (in your thinking) - My day at the British Computing Society in London

On Thursday 19th June, the British Computing Society (BCS) held their annual conference in London for the "Special Interest Group in Software Testing" (SIGiST). This year I spoke at the conferen...

On Thursday 19th June, the British Computing Society (BCS) held their annual conference in London for the "Special Interest Group in Software Testing" (SIGiST). This year I spoke at the conferen...

19/07/25 London. Thanks to the SIGiST team for organising and running a lovely conference. Some solid talks about AI. At the end of the day myself, Eamon, Ayesha, Andy, Jit and Bug had a de...

Here's my TestBash 2025 intro: I’m coming from: Begijnendijk, Belgium My role is: Test engineer I’d love to meet others who: love exploring everything testing and quality I'm coming to ...

There were so many great comments in the chat during The Awesome Power of Shifting Left. I captured a few of them. Thanks everyone for you commentary contributions.

What a great session, so many good insights and snippets, too many to log them all, but I very much enjoyed taking note of some of the words being used when talking about shifting left. - What n...

Thanks for sharing your ideas about improving the MoT membership page for someone with a professional membership. Plus, feedback about the new salaries feature. It's much appreciated.

A year ago in York

Does your phone have that feature where it highlights your photo memories? Here's one of mine! In June 2024 at Ministry of Testing York, Sophie Weston presented her talk - Going Beyond DORA. ...

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I'm listening to TWiT live and it's reminded me to post a memory about my week in testing (MWiT) 1️⃣ I'll start with something Judy said on TWiT about how community is a great place to practice....

First Time Being a Co-Host for Ministry of Testing!